Coin-delivery machine.



T. BILYEUyW. S. OVERLIN & F. A. GRlDLEY COIN DELIVERY MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. I910.

Patented Apr. 4,1916.

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COIN DELIVERY MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. m0.

Patented Apr. 4,1916.

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T. BILYEU, W. SJOVERLIN & A. GRIDLEY.

COIN DELIVERY MACHINE.

APPLlCATlON FILED APR. 14. 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()Flll CE.

THOMAS BILYEU, WILLIAM S. O'V ERLIN, AND FAY A. GRIDLEY, OF PGRTLAND, C REGON, ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO INTERNATIONAL MONEY MACHINE COMPANY, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

COIN-DELIVERY MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. a, 1916.

Application filed April 14, 1919. Serial No. 555,552.

To alZ whom it may concern Be it known that we, THOMAS BILYEU, illman S. OVERLIN, and FAY A. G-RmLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coin-Delivery Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to machines of the class described in the applications of v Thomas Bilyeu and Bilyeu and Overlin filed September 24, 1909, Serial Number 519,489, and filed October 12, 1909, Serial Number 522,240, respectively.

The invention comprises certain improvements in machines for the delivery of coin and is particularly designed for use in banks, clearing houses, department stores and similar places where accuracy in handling coins is highly desirable, both to prevent loss or mistake, and to facilitate the operation greatly.

Machines of the type of this invention embody suitable coin receptacles, ejector mechanism for delivering the coin from the receptacles, ejector actuating means, and locking and releasing mechanism.

The improvements hereinafter to be described involve primarily novel construction of means controlling the operation of the ejectors, whereby the latter are locked and released, and also a peculiar form of ejector preventing the delivery of any but the exact coin intendedto be removed from the machine.

The invention involves further certain details of construction and the peculiar arrangement of the ejector operating mechanism in association with means for printing or recording transactions of the machine.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine of the type of this invention, portions of the casing thereof being broken away to disclose the interior parts; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section bringing out more clearly the mechan ism for operating the ejectors, including the locking and releasing devices; Fig. 3 is an enlarged view partly broken away, more clearly presenting the locking and releasing mechanism for the ejectors and which directly cooperates with the toothed disk and handle; Fig. 4e is an elevation showing more clearly the essential parts illustrated in Fig. 3 and looking toward the same from the front of the machine; Fig. 5 is asectional view showing more clearly the operating means by which the ejector slides are actuated; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan view showing certain of the parts illustrated in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view showing the con nection between the keys and the mechanism for setting the ejector slides preliminary to operation of the latter; and Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view of one of the ejector slides. I

It is contemplated to employ a suitable casing or housing A for the various mechanisms inclosed in the machine, a plurality of coin receptacles B preferably at the front portion of the casing, and a suitable delivery chute C to receive the coins ejected from the receptacles B. The receptacles B are of different sizes to receive different denominations of coins and the capacity and number of said receptacles will depend upon the particular purposes for which the machine may be designed. Suitable setting mechanism is employed to set the ejectors preliminary to operation thereof for delivery of the coins, and said selecting mechanism includes sets of keys of any suitable number shown at a, Z), each set comprising 10 keys. The relation of the sets of keys 0;, b, is immaterial to the present invention, though it may be noted that said keys cooperate with the ejector in such a manner that the depression of a certain key will select a certain ejector in an operative position, for subsequent actuation by the operating mechanism hereinafter described, and the locking and releasing means for which is the essential feature of this invention.

For a clear comprehension of the parts, only a single key is illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, as shown at 1, said key being held at the upper limit of its movement by any conventional means. When the key 1 is depressed by the operator, it is held in its depressed position by a key locking bar 9 adapted to engage over a lug 1 projecting from the key, said bar 9 being pivotally mounted on the cross rod 9, and being provided with a lateral arm 9. Mounted on the shaft 68 is a rocking plate or operating member 21 having a lever 2 arranged to engage a cam 3 which projects from a release lever 3 pivoted near the base of the machine, said lever 3 having a locking pawl't pivoted to its upper end. A spring 2 normally tends to force the upper end of the lever 3 toward the rear side of the machine to cause the pawl to engage over a projection 7 carried by a locking lever 6 which is pivoted at 7. On the locking lever 6 is mounted a lock plate 5 having a locking lug 5 adapted to engage in a notch 11 in the periphery of a toothed disk 11 rotatably mounted in the key section A of the casing A. The plate 5 is connected with a lever 6 by the screws 5 that pass through slots 59in the plate and thus the plate 5 is adapted for vertical movement on the lever 6.

The disk 11, and we use the term disk as comprehending any member of equivalent function, is operated by a crank handle 10 movable in one direction only, reverse movement being prevented by a pawl 8 adapted to be held in engagement with the toothed periphery of the disk by means of a spring 7 connected to said pawl, the latter being pivoted at 8. A spring 8 tends to pull the lever 6 toward the rear side of the machine.

The disk 11 has a projection 11 adapted to engage the free end of the pawl 1, and said disk is connected by a bar 12 with a lever 13 pivoted to a bracket 13" at the front portion of the machine, said lever 13 having a downwardly extending arm 13' which is connected at 11 to a compound lever 14-, the latter in its turn being pivotally connected at 11 with an arm 15 projecting from a rock-shaft D mounted in the casing, said rock-shaft carrying a plurality of arms E constituting actuators for. opera tive connection with the ejector slides F shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and Figs. 5 to 8. The rotation of the disk 11 therefore moves the actuators E and operates the ejector slides F to discharge a coin or coins from the machine according to the adjusting of the setting mechanism.

The various parts being in the positions shown in full lines in Fig. 4 when the key 1 is depressed, it will be observed that the lever 66 will move downward, thereby rocking downward the plate 2 and its lever 2 will be likewise depressed to assume the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4;. Depression of the key 1 operates certain selecting mechanism, each key being connected by a pin 67 at its lower end with the crank lever 66 pivoted at 68, there being one lever 66 for each key. The upper arm of each crank lever 66 is pivotally connected with a selecting bar 69, said selecting bar having a lug 69 adapted to engage the upper bar of a yoke 70. Each yoke 70 has a lug 70 projecting upwardly therefrom into a slot F in the cooperating ejector slide F. The yokes 70 are pivotally mounted in any suitable manner at their lower ends as shown at 71 and it will be apparent that when a key is depressed, the selecting bar 69 operably connected with said key will have longitudinal movement imparted thereto, causing its lug 69 to engage a predetermined one of the yokes 70, whereby the ejector slide F interlocked with said yoke, will be moved laterally at its inner end. Such ejector slide F has a downwardly extending lug F at its inner end, which lug is adapted to be thrown by the lateral movement of the yoke 70 into a slot 72 provided in the upper end of the actuating arm E, one of said arms being provided for the ejector means of each coin tube. The arrangement of the parts is shown in Fig. 6 and it will be observed that between the actuating arms E are the stop and lock plate H, the latter having recesses H in which the lugs F of the ejector slides normally rest locked from longitudinal movement. hen a certain key is operated to actuate a certain yoke 70, the lug of the ejector slide F connected with said yoke will be moved from the recess H into the slot 72 of one of the levers or arms E. The various arms E are of course simultaneously actuated by suitable operating mechanism connected with a shaft D. The lower arms of the various levers 66 for the keys 1, are above the tilting plate 2, and depression of any lever by its key will engage the lower lever arm with the tiltable operating member or plate 2 aforesaid, thus forcing the latter downward with its lever 2. Being depressed, the key 1 is of course locked in its depressed position by the locking bar 9 a before described, said locking means being provided as a precaution to render it impossible for the operator to work the machine, because the operation of a second key is required before the machine can again be operated to deliver a coin. The movement of the lever 2 in contact with the cam 3' throws the lever 3 outwardly into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3, thereby pulling the pawl 4 with it so that the lever 6 is simultaneously tilted in the same direction as the lever 2, thereby disengaging the locking lug 5 on the plate 5 from the notch l1 of the disk 11. Obviously the handle 10 can not be turned until the member 5 has been disengaged from the disk 11. When the disk 11 is released in the above manner, it is free to be rotated in a clockwise direction by the handle 10 and the several parts 13,

13 and 14.- are then operated so as to actuate the ejector mechanism previously selected by the key. The disk 11 therefore constitutes a main actuator for the ejector mechanism cooperating with the ejector slide actuators E, the latter being auxiliary to the main actuator. In its rotation with the disk 11, the pin or projection 11 thereon strikes the under side of the pawl at while the levers 3 and 6 are in the dotted line positions shown in Fig. 3, and by this means the pawl 4 is raised and disengaged from the projection 7 of the lever 6, permitting said lever to return to its normal position and the locking lug 5 of the plate 5 to again engage in the notch l1 when the latter reaches a point opposite to said lug 5.

All that now remains to be done is to release the depressed key, which is held down by the member 9. Such release is accomplished by the movement of the handle 10 a slight distance beyond a complete rotation, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The additional movement is permitted by the slidable mounting of the plate 5 on the part 3, and the plate 5 is thus lifted into the dotted line position illustrated, until the extension 5 strikes and raises the arm 9 a sufficient distance to disengage the locking bar 9 from the lug 1 of the key. The key then returns to its normal position and the handle 10 moves back to its normal vertical position. A tooth 11 of the disk 11 is elongated to cooperate with the pawl 8 in permitting return of the handle to its normal position after the key releasing move ment thereof.

The just described action happens during the final operation of the handle 10 completing one cycle of the operation of the machine to eject a coin and the key previously de. pressed is in this manner released from the locking bar 9 and permitted to assume its original or normal position.

The compound lever 14 has a downwardly curved end extension 14 adapted to strike an arm 16 on the shaft 17 vertically mount ed in the key section A of the casing, said shaft 17 cooperating with certain parts of a printing or recording mechanism situated in the casing adjacent to the member 15.

Adjacent to its upper end, the shaft 17 carries the printing device 18, specific details of which need not be described other than to indicate that it cooperates with a carriage 40. The carriage 4.0 is movable vertically by means of a link 15 connecting it with the lever 13, and supports a strip of paper 18 fed thereover from the roll 49 by a suitable mechanism.

Should an error be made by the operator, as by pressing the wrong key, it is desired to have the machine correct itself immediately upon depression of the proper key,

and this result is accomplished by the provision of the locking bar 9 which is adapted to engage the lugs 1 of an entire row of keys. When the wrong key is depressed and locked downwardly by the bar 9, the depression of the proper key causes its lug 1 to engage the bar 9 forcing the latter out of engagement with the lug 1 of the previously depressed wrong key, releasing the latter and permittingit to assume its proper position.

The objectionable feature with respect to certain constructions of coin delivery machines resides in the difficulty experienced in preventing the two last coins in the coin receptacle from being ejected when it is desired to deliver the next to the last coin in said receptacle. The parts now to be described obviate the defect above set forth.

A coin ledge 87 projects outwardly from one side of and in the same plane as the bottom of the receptacle B, and supports the coin X at one side so that the latter is held in a horizontal plane until it has been practically entirely removed from the receptacle whereupon it is free to drop without likelihood that the coin Y just above the same will be tipped so as to fall from the receptacle simultaneously.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a coin delivery machine, the combination of coin receptacles, ejectors therefor, keys coacting with the ejectors, an actuator for operating the ejectors, a locking device normally preventing operation of the actuator, means operable by a depressed key for releasing the actuator from said locking device, and a member on the actuator for direct operation of the last mentioned means to restore the cooperation of the locking device with the actuator.

2. In a coin delivery machine, in combination, a plurality of coin receptacles, ejectors therefor, keys for setting the ejectors, an actuator for operating the ejectors, a locking device for preventing the movement of the actuator, means operable by a depressed key to release the actuator from said locking device, means operable by the actuator for restoring the cooperation of the locking device therewith, a locking bar for locking the depressed key downwardly, and means carried by the locking. device of the actuator for disengaging the depressed key from the locking bar. I

3. In a coin delivery machine, in combination, a plurality of coin receptacles, ejectors therefor, keys for setting the ejectors, an actuator for operating the ejectors, locking means for preventing movement of the actuator, mean operable by a depressed key for releasing the actuator, a pivoted locking bar for holding the depressed key downwardly,

means carried by the actuator for restoring the cooperation of the locking device therewith at a predetermined point in the move ment oi the actuator, and means operable by the locking device of the actuator for releasing the depressed key.

4. I11 a coin delivery machine, the combination of ejector means, an actuating disk for operating said ejector means, a lock plate having means for preventing movement of the disk, a lever carrying said plate, a device operable by a depressed key for moving said lever to release the disk, and means carried by the disk to restore the cooperation of the locking means therewith.

5. In a coin delivery machine, the combination of coin receptacles, ejectors therefor, normally inoperative keys for rendering the ejectors operative, an actuator for operating a selected ejector or ejectors, a locking device for preventing movement of the actuator, a lever carrying said locking device, a pawl connected with said lever, means 0perable by a depressed key for actuating said pawl to move the lever and release the actuator, means carried by the actuator for operating the pawl to restore the cooperation of the device with the actuator, and means for restoring the cooperation of the pawl and the locking device.

6. In a coin delivery machine, the combination of coin receptacles, ejectors therefor, normally inoperative keys for rendering a selected ejector or ejector-s operative, an actuator comprising a toothed disk movable in one direction to operate the ejectors, means for preventing reverse movement of the disk, and locking and releasing mechanism for said disk.

7. In a coin delivery machine, the combination of coin receptacles, ejectors therefor, normally inoperative keys for rendering a selected ejector or ejectors operative, an actuator comprising a toothed disk movable in one direction to operate the ejectors, means for preventing reverse movement of the disk, a locking member engaging said disk to prevent operation thereof, a lever carrying said locking member, another lever operable on depression of a key, a pawl carried by the last mentioned lever and con necting with the first mentioned lever to move the latter on depression of a key to release the disk from the locking member, and means for restoring the cooperation of the locking member and disk after operation of a predetermined ejector by said disk.

8. In a coin delivery machine, the combination of coin receptacles, ejectors therefor, normally inoperative keys for rendering a selected ejector or ejectors operative, an actuator comprising a toothed disk movable in one direction to operate the ejectors, means for preventing reverse movement of the disk, a locking member engaging said disk to prevent operation thereof, a lever carrying said locking member, another lever operable on depression of a. key, a pawl carried by the last mentioned lever and connecting with the first mentioned lever to move the latter on depression of a key to release the disk from thelocking member, and means carried by the disk to disconnect the pawl from said first mentioned lever at a predetermined point in the movement of the disk, whereby to restore the cooperation of the locking member and disk, a locking bar for holding a depressed key downwardly, and means carried by the locking member for actuating said locking bar to release the depressed key when the movement of the disk is completed.

9. Coin delivery mechanism comprising a rotatable disk, a release lever, a locking member movably mounted on said lever to engage the disk, a cam lever, a depressible key for actuating said cam lever, a pawl detachably connecting the cam and release levers, means for locking the depressible key to hold the same and cam lever in a predetermined position, a device carried by the disk'to disconnect the pawl from the release lever, and means for releasing the key from the locking means coacting therewith and for simultaneously restoring the pawl to connecting engagement with the release lever.

l0. Coin delivery mechanism comprising a depressible key, a movable ejector actuator, a release lever, a locking plate movable thereon and having a member to engage the actuator to prevent movement thereof, a cam lever operable by the key on depression of the latter, a pawl detachably connecting the cam and release levers and movable by the cam lever by depression of a key to release the actuator, means carried by the actuator to disconnect the pawl from the release lever on the final movement of the actuator to again lock the actuator from movement, a locking bar for looking the key depressed, and means carried by said locking plate for actuating the locking bar to release the key after the ejecting operation of the actuator is completed.

11. In a coin delivery machine, a coin receptacle having a bottom, an ejector cooperating with said receptacle, and a ledge projecting outwardly from the bottom of the receptacle, said ledge being in the same plane as the bottom, but located at one side of the latter to support a coin in substantially a horizontal position until the latter is entirely removed from the receptacle.

12. In a coin delivery machine, in combination, a plurality of coin receptacles, ejectors therefor, keys coacting with said ejectors, a rotary actuator for operating the ejectors, a locking device normally preventing movement of the actuator, means operable by a depressed key for disengaging said locking device from the actuator, and a member carried by the actuator and operable during continuous rotative movement of the latter to operate the last mentioned means to cause the locking device to again engage and lock the actuator.

13. In a coin delivery machine, in combination, a plurality of coin receptacles, ejectors therefor, keys coacting with theejectors, an actuating disk, a handle for turning the same, a locking member normally engaging said disk to prevent its rotation, means operable by said keys for disengaging said locking member from the disk, and a pin on the disk for raising the disengaging means out of cooperation with the locking member at a predetermined point in the rotation of the disk whereby to restore the cooperation oi the locking member with the disk.

ll. In money handling machine, money receptacles, ejectors, manipulative devices for selecting the ejectors, an actuator for the ejcctors, a lock member for said actuator operable by the manipulative devices to release said actuator, a locking device for holding the manipulative devices in operated positions, and a member adapted to be actuated by said lock men her to release the manipulative means from their locking device.

15. In a money handling machine, money receptacles, ejectors, manipulative devices for selecting the ejectcrs, an actuator for the ejectors, a lock member for said actuator operable by the manipulative devices to release the actuator, a locking device for holding the manipulative devices in operated positions, and a member adapted to be actuated by said lock member to release the keys from their locking device, the actuator being movable while locked in order to actuate the last mentioned member.

16. In a money handling machine, ejector mechanism, an actuator therefor, lock means normally coacting with the actuator, manipulative ejector selecting means adapted to release the actuator, a locking device to hold the manipulative means in an operated position, and means permitting movement of the actuator while locked so as to release the manipulative means.

17 In a money handling machine, ejector mechanism, an actuator therefor, manipulative ejector selecting means adapted to re lease the actuator, a locking device to hold the manipulative means in an operated position, and lock means normally preventing ejecting movement of the actuator but permitting movement suflicient to release the selecting means after operation thereof.

18. Coin ejector mechanism comprising an actuator, an ejector bar normally inoperatively associated with the actuator, lock means preventingejecting movement of the bar, and means for shifting the bar from its lock means into a position wherein it is operable by the actuator.

19. Coin ejector mechanism comprising an actuator, an ejector bar, a lock plate intcrlocking with the bar to normally prevent ejecting movement thereof, and means for moving the ejector bar out of connection with the lock plate and into operative engagement with the actuator.

20. Ejector mechanism for money handling machines comprising an ejector, lock means normally preventing ejecting movement of said ector, and means to move the ejector in two directions, namely, in one direction to release it from its lock means and in another direction after its release to cause ejection of money thereby.

21. In a money handling machine, the combination of coin receptacles, ejectors therefor, selecting mechanism for the ejectors, an actuator comprising a disk movable in one direction to operate the ejectors, means for preventing reverse movement of the disk, and locking and releasing mechanism for said disk. I

22. In a coin delivering machine, the combination of an actuator comprising a disk, ejector mechanism operable by said disk, lock means normally preventing movement of the disk, and means coacting with the disk compelling a complete operating movement of the same when released.

23. In a coin delivering machine, the combination of an actuator comprising a disk having a notch and a toothed portion, ejector mechanism operable by said disk, lock means normally engaging the notch ot the disk and preventing movement of the disk, and means coacting with the toothed portion of the disk compelling a complete operating movement of the same when re leased.

24:. In a money handling machine, the combination of ejector mechanism, selectors therefor, keys controlling the operation of the selectors, an actuator for the ejector mechanism, locking means for the actuator, and a member common to said keys and operable thereby to release the actuator from its locking means.

25. In a money handling machine, the combination of ejector mechanism, selectors therefor, keys arranged to operate the selectors, an actuator for the ejector mechacombination of ejector mechanism, an actu- Having thus described our invention and ator therefor, lock means for said actuator, in testimony that We claim the foregoing as selectors therefor, a plurality of keys, a leour own, We hereunto attach our signatures ver connecting each key with a selector, an in the presence of two Witnesses.

5 operating plate in the path of movement of THOMAS BILYEU.

the various levers for the keys and operable WILLIAM S. OVERLIN. by movement of each lever, and means car- FAY A. GRIDLEY. riecl by said plate to release the lock means Witnesses: from the actuator on movement of the VALTER S. BOWEN, 10 plates. LEILA A. STARK.

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